On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 8:21 PM, Allen Kenner<slackwarew...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > John Hasler wrote: >> Allen writes: >>> I just can't seem to find much to let me work on services that doesn't >>> involve the process of shutting them all off by hand. >> >>> So is there an application you guys use for Debian to turn processes off >>> and on? >> >> Could you clarify? I can't quite work out what you mean by "shutting them >> all off by hand" or what sort of a tool you want. What are you trying to >> achieve? Perhaps sysvconfig would do what you want. It includes a >> runlevel editor and a "service" script. >> >> BTW why are you installing servers you don't need running? > Hi, > > I was trying to think of exactly what I was doing in other OSs, and I > think I ended up just rambling, basically a tool that lets you shut off > system services you don't need, or start them up when you do need them. > For example, one of my boxes has SUSE on it, and I sometimes like using > it for FTP, or SSH, but I don't always want SSH or FTP running because > if I go somewhere else, I may not have my hardware firewall, so I > wouldn't want those on when they aren't somewhat protected, and so > generally I open up YAST2, go to runlevel editor, and it has all system > services that are running, stopped, or whatever else, and which run > level they start at, and I can shut off VSFTPd from there, or, if I'm at > home and need that service for something, I can turn it on, and it > starts it up for me.
This maybe an obvious suggestion. You're comments make me wonder . . . but can't you run a firewall on you local machine? The line, "if I go somewhere else" and "hardware firewall" are throwing me off. What hardware? Are you taking the machine with you? Are you going somewhere else with yours machine? If so, run a firewall on it. > > I don't normally install services like HTTP unless I'm going to use > them, but for example on one of my Slackware machines, I have to turn it > on and off by hand, so I generally leave it off. > > It's mostly just for back ups, I have a machine I upload back up stuff > to, that way if something happens, I can just download whatever I need > to another machine, and not have to look through a bunch of CDs or > something. I think the tool you mentioned is probably what I'm looking > for, so I'll check that out. > > I was more or less looking for a way to see the ones running, and be > able to turn them on and off. Again, are these mobile machines? It may seem redundant to run a firewall while connected to your internal network, but . . . -Neal > > Thanks much, > > -Allen > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
